I got to the part where I was in the Hall of Echoes aboard the ship and after speaking with the figurehead I headed down to the bottom floor. I noticed there was a group of spirits hanging next to the lizard offering mercenaries but I decided not to interact with them before searching rest of the ship.
After stumbling too near to the cell with Gareth, Malady et al and being forcibly moved to the next part I loaded to see what the spirits had to say... and they were not there after the load.
I tried reloading multiple times, wondered around the ship in the same pattern as on the first time but nothing.
